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23 Cards in this Set
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OLIVE BRANCH PETITION
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Adopted by the Continental Congress in July 1775 in an attempt to avoid a war with Great Britain. The petition affirmed American loyalty and entreated the king to prevent further conflict.
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PROHIBITORY ACT
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Was passed as a measure of retaliation by Great Britain against the rebellion in the American colonies. It declared and provided for a naval blockade against American ports.
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COMMON SENSE
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Published anonymously and presented a powerful argument for independence from British rule.
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DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
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A document adopted by the Continental Congress that announced that the thirteen American colonies were now independent states.
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THOMAS JEFFERSON
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The principle author of the Declaration of Independence and one of the most influential Founding Fathers.
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GEORGE MASON
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An American patriot, statesman, and delegate from Virginia to the U.S. Constitutional Convention. Called the "Father of the Bill of Rights".
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CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
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A convention of delegates from the thirteen colonies that became the governing body of the United States during the American Revolution.
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ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
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The first constitution of the United States. Specified how the national government as to operate.
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GEORGE WASHINGTON
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Dominant military and political leader of the new United States of America. Commander in chief of the Continental Army.
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BUNKER HILL
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During the Siege of Boston, an early battle in the American Revolutionary War and resulted in a loss for colonial troops.
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GENERAL THOMAS CAGE
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A British general, best known for his role in the early days of the war. Failed to resolve the Siege of Boston.
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HESSIANS
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Soldiers for hire. Eighteenth-century German regiments hired through their rulers by the British Empire.
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LORD CORNWALLIS
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One of the leading British Generals, surrendered to a combined American -French force at the Siege of Yorktown.
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NATHANAEL GREENE
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A major general of the Continental Army.
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JOHN ADAMS
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A conservative Federalist, he was one of the most influential Founding Fathers of the United States. Assisted Thomas Jefferson in drafting the Declaration of Independence.
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JOHN JAY
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Founding Father of the United States and the first Chief Justice of the United States. Served as President of the Continental Congress.
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TREATY OF PARIS 1783
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Formally ended the American Revolutionary War.
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WOMEN DURING WAR TIME
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Women participated in the Homespun Movement and other boycotts. Daughters of Liberty was a women's political activists group. The new ideals of the Revolutionary War did little to improve women's standing in society.
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ABIGAIL ADAMS
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Wife of John Adams, remembered for the letters she wrote to her husband that were filled with intellectual discussions on government and politics.
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CIVIC VIRTUE
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The cultivation of specific political beliefs, interests, and habits among their citizens.
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ORDINANCE OF 1784
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Called for the land west of the Appalachian Mountains, north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River to be divided into separate states.
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NORTHWEST ORDINANCE
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An act of the Congress of the Confederation and created the Northwest Territory as the first organized territory. It established the precedent by which the United States would expand westward; by the admission of new states.
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SHAYS' REBELLION
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An armed uprising in central and western Massachusetts led by Daniel Shays. Most of the rebels were poor farmers angered by crushing debt and taxes.
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